UEFA Champions League: Your Running Commentary

Zenit St. Petersburg’s 1-0 win over Anderlecht kicked off Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League action, as the Russian club got its first points of the competition.

Anderlecht remains at one point and at the bottom of the Group C standings. The group leader is Malaga of Spain, which faces second-place AC Milan this afternoon with a chance to grab control of the group.

In Group A, first-place Porto hopes to keep Dynamo Kiev at three points, while Paris-Saint Germain is at bottom-dwelling Dinamo Zagreb. The Arsenal-Schalke match is a battle of the top two teams in Group B, and in Group D, Manchester City, with only one point, needs a win at last-place Ajax this evening in Amsterdam.

Real Madrid leads Group D with six points and is in Germany to face second-place Borussia Dortmund.

Horrible Giveaway by Pepe near the center circle, passes it straight to Dortmund player who prompt looks up and puts Lewandowski through on Casillas, and he finishes it clinically near post. That Lewandowski is a baller, no lie.

Great defending by Jones to run down Gervinho and an absolutely disgusting dive from Gervinho. Just a really pathetic exhibit. Throws himself to the ground on the endline in the box without even being touched. Official makes the right call and gives him a yellow for diving.

Looks more or less over for City. The only way they can advance is by winning at least twice. They can possibly advance on 7 or 8 points, basically needing Madrid or Dortmund to go postal on everyone else. If they get 3 wins (to go to 10 points) they will advance or crash out on tiebreakers.